Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "reference-to-charles-degaulle"

1. Casablanca (1942)

PG | 102 min | Drama, Romance, War

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains

Votes: 605,747 | Gross: $1.02M

2. In the Mood for Love (2000)

PG | 98 min | Drama, Romance

Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Maggie Cheung, Siu Ping-Lam, Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung

Votes: 166,747 | Gross: $2.73M

3. Kelly's Heroes (1970)

GP | 144 min | Adventure, Comedy, War

A group of U.S. soldiers sneaks across enemy lines in WWII France to get their hands on a secret stash of Nazi treasure.

Director: Brian G. Hutton | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor

Votes: 53,682 | Gross: $1.38M

4. If.... (1968)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama

In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.

Director: Lindsay Anderson | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan

Votes: 25,180

5. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama

A fictionalized account in four chapters of the life of celebrated Japanese writer Yukio Mishima.

Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya, Hiroshi Mikami, Junya Fukuda

Votes: 13,751 | Gross: $0.44M

6. Key Largo (1948)

Approved | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A man visits his war buddy's family hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 43,959

7. The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

PG-13 | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When her grandson is kidnapped during the Tour de France, Madame Souza and her beloved pooch Bruno team up with the Belleville Sisters--an aged song-and-dance team from the days of Fred Astaire--to rescue him.

Director: Sylvain Chomet | Stars: Michèle Caucheteux, Jean-Claude Donda, Michel Robin, Monica Viegas

Votes: 57,065 | Gross: $7.00M

8. The Bourne Identity (1988)

Unrated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An injured, unconscious man washes ashore in a small French town. As he recovers, it becomes quite clear, someone is trying to kill him.

Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle, Donald Moffat

Votes: 4,748

9. Sleeper (1973)

PG | 89 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory

Votes: 44,811 | Gross: $2.91M

10. The Boston Strangler (1968)

Approved | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt.

Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin

Votes: 10,814

11. Days of Glory (2006)

R | 120 min | Action, Drama, War

During World War II, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from German oppression, and to fight French discrimination.

Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze

Votes: 15,136 | Gross: $0.32M

12. A Separate Peace (2004 TV Movie)

R | 92 min | Drama, War

Strong friendship between students slowly turns into bitter rivalry with fatal consequences.

Director: Peter Yates | Stars: J Barton, Toby Moore, Jacob Pitts, Danny Swerdlow

Votes: 659

13. French Fried Vacation 2 (1979)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy

Eight tourists who met in a holiday camp on the Ivory Coast are reunited for a skiing holiday.

Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier

Votes: 9,127

14. The Last Butterfly (1991)

PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, War

Stage mime Antoine Moreau (Sir Tom Courtenay) is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a "model" concentration camp, to convince the Red Cross ... See full summary »

Director: Karel Kachyna | Stars: Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Ingrid Held, Freddie Jones

Votes: 307

15. Free Men (2011)

Unrated | 99 min | Drama, History, Romance

In Paris during World War II, an Algerian immigrant is inspired to join the resistance by his unexpected friendship with a Jewish man.

Director: Ismaël Ferroukhi | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Michael Lonsdale, Mahmud Shalaby, Lubna Azabal

Votes: 1,463 | Gross: $0.05M

16. For Ever Mozart (1996)

Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, War

Jean-Luc Godard's densely packed rumination on the need to create order and beauty in a world ruled by chaos is divided into four distinct but tangentially related stories, including the ... See full summary »

Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Madeleine Assas, Ghalya Lacroix, Bérangère Allaux, Vicky Messica

Votes: 1,159

17. Safe Conduct (2002)

Not Rated | 170 min | Biography, Drama, History

In German-occupied France, two filmmakers solve the collaboration dilemma differently.

Director: Bertrand Tavernier | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady, Marie Desgranges

Votes: 1,614 | Gross: $0.03M

18. Faubourg 36 (2008)

PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Music, Musical

When Chansonia, a nightclub, is shut down by the landlord, the stage manager Pigoil is forced to look for a new job. He finds hope when he discovers a young woman with a lovely singing voice.

Director: Christophe Barratier | Stars: Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad, Nora Arnezeder

Votes: 2,935 | Gross: $0.85M

19. La faute à Fidel! (2006)

Unrated | 99 min | Drama

A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.

Director: Julie Gavras | Stars: Nina Kervel-Bey, Julie Depardieu, Stefano Accorsi, Benjamin Feuillet

Votes: 5,210 | Gross: $0.17M

20. Le coup de sirocco (1979)

102 min | Drama

Paul Narboni remembers his happy childhood in Algeria before leaving the country in 1954. With his family, he then arrives in Marseille before reaching Paris. His father Albert, a grocer, will have to adapt to this new country.

Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Roger Hanin, Marthe Villalonga, Michel Auclair, Jacques Duby

Votes: 295

21. A Bit of a Do (1989)
Episode: The Registry Office Wedding (1989)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

Liz and Neville get married,though Laurence's recent suicide throws a shadow on the proceedings.Jenny and Paul have reconciled as she is pregnant again, Elvis is dating Carol and Simon,... See full summary »

Director: David Reynolds | Stars: David Jason, Gwen Taylor, Nicola Pagett, Michael Jayston

Votes: 18

22. Burke's Law (1963–1966)
Episode: Operation Long Shadow (1965)

60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Burke is assigned to rescue the son of an Algerian diplomat apparently kidnapped for ransom but uncovers a more serious plot to overthrow the French government.

Director: Don Taylor | Stars: Gene Barry, Antoinette Bower, Berry Kroeger, Rosemary DeCamp

Votes: 37

23. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode: Cuisine à la Stalag 13 (1970)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, War

LeBeau wants to escape, leaving Stalag 13 without its resident chef.

Director: Jerry London | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary

Votes: 179

24. The Sweeney (1975–1978)
Episode: Queen's Pawn (1975)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After a high-powered lawyer gets three petty thugs off on a murder charge, Regan is authorized to use whatever means necessary to bring the hoodlums in.

Director: Viktors Ritelis | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, Tony Selby

Votes: 161

25. The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001–2011)
Episode: Liberty Leading the People (2005)

50 min | Documentary

Artists, academics, and critics discuss the historical origins, original reception, and slow climb to critical acclaim for Eugene Delacroix's painting commemorating the Revolution of 1830, "Liberty Leading the People."

Director: Mick Gold | Stars: Samuel West, Tariq Ali, Sébastien Allard, Steve Bell

Votes: 10

26. Modern Marvels (1993– )
Episode: Eiffel Tower (1994)

TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History

Despite its detractors in the French art world, Gustave Eiffel's tower quickly won the hearts of Parisians and came to symbolize the spirit of Paris during the city's tribulations over the ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Thomas

Votes: 26

27. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Sitzkrieg: The Phony War

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Sworn to Secrecy examines the Sitzkrieg or "Phony War" of World War II. After Hitler's invasion of Poland, the Western Allies and Nazi Germany were technically at war. For seven months, ... See full summary »

Stars: Charlton Heston, John Waller, Ulrich Schlie, Tom Shachtman

28. Foyle's War (2002–2015)
Episode: Elise (2015)

TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Foyle must find out if there was a traitor within the SOE after Hilda Pierce is shot in an attempted assassination.

Director: Andy Hay | Stars: Michael Kitchen, Ellie Haddington, Jesse Fox, Colin Connor

Votes: 589